The Pickiest Eater Ever!!

I am really concerned about my son.
He barely eats anything other than potatoes and grains. I can sometimes get applesauce or yogurt into him, but he refuses to eat anything else. He used to eat all kinds of cut up fruit and a few veggies, but now he won't even look at or touch them, let alone eat them!

What do I do?! I can't keep giving him bagels, sandwiches, and potatoes all the time!

Comments (6)

Try a dipping sauce like ranch. Also do you spoon feed or use pouches? Ours really liked pouches until recently... and now she’s all about trying a spoon. She’ll eat puréed vegetables (like plain puréed veggies) in a pouch but put a piece of broccoli in front of her and she will feed it to the dog.

I always make her try new things. And by try I mean, if she licks it we call it a victory. First she will lick it, the next time she may try a bite. It comes and goes.

Try a dipping sauce like ranch. Also do you spoon feed or use pouches? Ours really liked pouches until recently... and now she’s all about trying a spoon. She’ll eat puréed vegetables (like plain puréed veggies) in a pouch but put a piece of broccoli in front of her and she will feed it to the dog.

I always make her try new things. And by try I mean, if she licks it we call it a victory. First she will lick it, the next time she may try a bite. It comes and goes.

He will eat chicken nuggets, but that is the only meat I can get into him. He seems to like BBQ sauce, so I will try putting that on some more things.

I have been far too scared to try pouches! I have seen so many horror posts about them that DS (dear son) hasn't had any. That, and the fact that I'm afraid he won't eat it, but just squeeze it and have it go everywhere!

Mine is the same way, only with plain rice and spaghetti. It's frustrating cause I want him to eat something with nutrition. He also could live on nutella and peanut butter sandwiches. I try to get something in him with nutrition and it's a no go. When I say dinner is ready he comes to the table, so I know he's hungry, but won't eat what I've made. When he was eating purees he was awesome, even ate avocado, it was his favorite, but I guess that's not all that strange now that I think about it cause he does prefer bland foods. I talked to the doctor and she said he's gaining at a normal rate so he's fine... I thought, What kid won't gain wait on a diet of milk, carbs, nutella and pop tarts? Doesn't mean his body is getting the nutrition it needs. They asked he's eating fiber, I said, Do Cheerios count? He likes some fruits but only for a certain period of time so you can't buy much at a time cause it won't get eaten. She said it's a phase and he'll grow out of it but it's been going on for 3 years now. And speaking of fussy... here's fussy on a whole new level.... I made brownies one day and didn't wait for them to cool completely before cutting so the edges were rough and not a perfect square.. he wouldn't eat it. So just to see if I was right when they cooled I cut a perfect square and gave it to him. He looked it over, smiled, said "square" in approval and ate it. He also won't eat a sandwich with a crack in the seam (I take a slice and fold in half) or a natural whole in the bread from baking. Everything has to be absolutely perfect. If there's a crack in his pop tart he won't eat it...etc.

He will eat chicken nuggets, but that is the only meat I can get into him. He...

Posted
02/05/2018

He will eat chicken nuggets, but that is the only meat I can get into him. He seems to like BBQ sauce, so I will try putting that on some more things.

I have been far too scared to try pouches! I have seen so many horror posts about them that DS hasn't had any. That, and the fact that I'm afraid he won't eat it, but just squeeze it and have it go everywhere!

We love them. We like beechnut and the Gerber organic ones. Eating is messy. But the mess is necessary. My husband still gets freaked out by the mess but it’s all part of their learning. I do not give her a pouch unsupervised. Give the beechnut ones a try, try the ones that are mixed with fruit and then gradually go back to just plain veggies.

It's probably just a phase or maybe he'll be lifetime picky eater like my husband. Lol. I'm one of four and my mom said the first 3 kids ate everything with no problem, but my youngest brother basically lived off of cereal. She told the pediatrician and the pediatrician was like "eh, those cereals are fortified with everything these days, he'll be fine." He's now 24, 6'2'' and very fit so I wouldn't worry too much. My 22 month old is a great eater generally (eats shrimp, hummus, guacamole, olives, pickles, fish, grapefruit, smoked salmon, etc) but won't try any vegetables either (except for oddly enough, pickled cauliflower) unless they are buried in something else. I just keep offering them to him and occasionally he'll deign to eat a piece of broccoli. It's frustrating but trying to force him to eat something is pointless.

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